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Michamus t1_ix8iqb1 wrote

Reply to comment by bumharmony in On the advantages of believing that nothing is true by Vico1730

>It only begs the question what truth is

Postulating that truth doesn't exist can't possibly beg the question of "what truth is?" It's addressing it head-on. Not only is Truth not some universal law, it doesn't exist independent of a human mind. It's a construct from which we derive comfort. Even if we decide to assume it exists, we'd have to also conclude it's unattainable.

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bumharmony t1_ix8pn6w wrote

I think the idea of truth has to regard the possibility of a black swan, thus the idea of probability. So the question should be more like: does the idea of truth exist if basically everything is fallible rather than speculating whether some thing deserves the name tag ”true” on it. So it begs the question; is there even such a concept if we can’t use it in any way.

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Michamus t1_ix9tc1x wrote

What do you think ‘begs the question’ means?

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bumharmony t1_ix9wuxc wrote

It simply means going ahead of things. 99% of reddit is this kind or turdy turd.

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